Cosmetics and Health

Exploitation of plant resources for health and well-being applications

Promote the use of natural ingredients derived from plants in the manufacturing of cosmetic and health products.

Expertise

  • Measurement of the antioxidant capacities
  • Cell repair (DNA, protein)
  • Characterization of secondary metabolites (flavonoids, alkaloids, sterols, terpenes, vitamin E, mucilage)
  • Characterization of natural extracts (emulsions)
  • Characterization of seed proteins (immunochemistry)

Teams related to this field of application (non-exhaustive list)

Team leader

Research Unit

Team name

Abdelhafid Bendahmane

IPS2

Flower and Carpel Development

Nicolas Bouché

IJPB

Epigenetic variation

David Bouchez

IJPB

Spatial control of cell division

Martin Crespi

IPS2

Regulatory non-coding RNAs in root plasticity

Catherine Damerval

GQE-Le Moulon

Genetics, Epigenetics and Evolution of Floral Morphogenesis

Jean-Denis Faure

IJPB

Cell differenciation and polarity

Carmela Giglione-Meinnel

I2BC

Protein Maturation, Cell Fate & Therapeutics

Loïc Lepiniec

IJPB

Development and seed quality

Annie Marion-Poll

IJPB

Germination physiology